Chapter 348: I have to be the one to show off my holiness in front of others
"I would like to ask the officials, what kind of skills do you want to see displayed by the last general Yang Xinzhong?"
"I heard from Boyingyan that you, the elder of the Yang family, can easily draw a three-stone hard bow, and you can also shoot dozens of arrows in a row. Within a hundred steps, almost no arrows are missed. You can first draw me a three-stone hard bow.
Bar!"
"General Yang Xinzhong obeys the order." Lieutenant General Yang Xin handed the reins of the war horse held in his right hand to one of Zhang Jun's soldiers.
He took off the powerful bow on his back and said:
"Guan family, this hard bow was brought from home by the last general before he was recruited to join the army. It is a hard bow with the power of three stones."
Zhao Ji smiled and nodded.
However, he heard the voices of doubts raised by a group of Imperial City officials behind him:
"His bow looks ordinary, can it have three stones?"
"Isn't it possible that it can have the power of three stones?"
"You know, according to our military system of the Song Dynasty, if you shoot a stone with a bow and shoot five buckets, you are a first-rate archer."
"That's right! When we were selected for the Imperial Banzhi in the Imperial City Division, one of the things we did was to draw a hard bow worth one stone and five fights!"
"The one who can draw a stone and five buckets of hard bows is one of a thousand!"
"I think Yang Xinzhong's bow cannot reach the power of three stones. Who in the world can draw a three-stone bow with just two hands?"
"You are so ignorant. I heard that in the previous martial arts test in the capital, didn't Yue Fei, the champion of martial arts, draw a hard bow with the power of three stones during the martial arts test?"
"Of course, how many people in the world can be as gifted with supernatural powers as Yue Fei, the champion of martial arts?"
"..."
Zhao Ji smiled meaningfully and listened to the low-pitched discussions of the imperial city officials behind him. He was neither angry nor annoyed.
After all, in the Song Dynasty, the relationship between the emperor and his ministers was quite democratic. It was far better than that in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties.
The ministers of the Song Dynasty had the right to speak, and they dared to discuss matters and express their opinions, and they would not be subject to imperial cudgels like the Ming Dynasty.
What's more, the arrival of the time traveler Zhao Ji further improved the level of democracy among the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty today.
Yang Xinzhong also heard the discussions among the imperial officials, and he wanted to defend himself.
This bow is a powerful bow passed down from the family. After many tests, it really has the power of three stones!
However, Yang Xinzhong, who was quite wealthy in the city, still did not want to offend the group of imperial city officials behind Zhao Guan's family, let alone argue with those short-sighted people.
Zhao Ji saw Yang Xinzhong open his mouth slightly, then closed his mouth tightly and lowered his head.
He noticed that Yang Xinzhong was hesitant to speak, and he roughly guessed what he was thinking.
"Master Yang, don't be in a hurry to round this bow. Give it to me for inspection."
"The general will obey the decree."
Although Yang Xinzhong was puzzled, he still obeyed the order, held a strong bow in both hands, and presented it to Zhao Guan's family.
Zhao Ji took the bow and took a look.
Relying on the well-informed memory left by the original owner in his mind, he could spot Yang Xinzhong's bow at a glance;
Although it looks ordinary on the surface,
However, the materials and workmanship are excellent, and it is definitely not the ordinary hard bow issued by the imperial court to the Song Army's primary schools.
Zhao Ji asked: "Dalang of the Yang family, this is a good bow! Isn't it distributed by our Song army?"
Yang Xinzhong said fearfully: "The officials have good eyesight. This bow has been with me for ten years. This year, when I was recruited to join the army, I took it with me."
Zhao Ji nodded and said:
"There are six out of ten military weapons, and the bow is the first. Eighty-eight out of ten martial arts, the bow is the first!"
"I observe that this black-lacquered 'ribbon composite recurve bow' is made of exquisite materials and is well made."
Zhao Ji weighed the stiff bow, put it in front of him and looked at it, and said leisurely:
"This bow is made of high-quality bamboo wood, horns, and tendons. The tendons are torn into filaments and laid out layer by layer on the wooden bow arms to 'drape the tendons'; wait until the tendons are dry before continuing to drape them."
Next level, repeat this eight times."
"It has three times more 'banding' processes than an ordinary bow, so the power of this bow will be even greater!"
As soon as Zhao Ji said this, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty on the scene were extremely shocked.
They, who often handle bows and arrows, feel that they do not know as much about the bow and arrow making process as the Zhao Guan family.
Zhao Ji smiled and said: "I see that the cross-sectional shape of this bow arm is made of more valuable horn pieces, so the performance will be better; the paint is also excellent."
Zhao Ji gently plucked the bowstring.
"Bang! Buzz buzz..."
He added: "I see that the string of this bow is made of raw tendons from the backbone of the more precious old ox. The cattle are killed and the tendons are dried in the sun, immersed in water, and broken into pieces like ramie silk.
This bowstring!"
Zhang Jun and all the soldiers present were shocked again when they heard the holy words.
Yang Xinzhong looked at Zhao Guan's house with great admiration.
He exclaimed: "What the officials said is true. Since I have been stronger than ordinary people since I was a child, when I was ten years old, my grandfather spent a lot of money to hire a good bow maker to make this powerful bow specifically for me."
The corner of Zhao Ji's mouth raised. He turned his head and asked several imperial officials behind him who had just come to question Yang Xinzhong's impossibility of drawing the three-stone bow:
"Sir, wait, can you draw a hard bow of several stones?"
"If I tell the officials, I can shoot five fights with one stone."
"I can draw a bow and kill eight fights with one stone."
"I can draw a bow with two stones."
"..."
Zhao Ji smiled and nodded. He listened to the answers from the imperial city officials and found that the strongest among them could only shoot a two-stone bow.
In fact, as a traveler who understands the history of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji certainly knows that one stone in the Song Dynasty is worth one hundred and ten pounds in modern society.
Yang Xinzhong said that during the battle to attack the North City of Xijing in the Xia Dynasty, he could easily draw a straight stone bow, and he also shot seventy or eighty arrows in a row, killing more than seventy enemy soldiers. When chasing the enemy, he also
He was able to take the lead and kill more than thirty enemy deserters.
This made the imperial city officials, who were already very good at riding and shooting in the Song army, unable to believe it.
No wonder they questioned the bow used by Yang Xinzhong, which did not have the power of three stones.
Zhao Ji smiled and said to the officials of the Imperial City Division:
"Since you don't believe that the hard bow used by the Yang family's master can have the power of three stones, you might as well pull this bow and give it a try."
"If even the power of these sharpshooters, such as yourselves, cannot draw this bow like the full moon, then it proves that what Dalang of the Yang family said is true!"
"O official sage!"
"Weichen asked me to try this bow first. Weichen can draw a hard bow that kills eight tons of stone!"
Zhao Ji threw the hard bow in his hand to the Huangchengsi Primary School who volunteered.
He confidently took the bow and pulled it, and his expression immediately changed.
"Ah?!" He tried his best, but he couldn't draw the bow as long as the full moon.
He used all his strength, but in the end he could only pull the bow like a "waxing gibbous moon" (also known as an "ascending gibbous moon").
He tried this three times, but could not bend the bow like the full moon.
He dejectedly handed Yang Xinzhong's stiff bow to others around him...
At this time, the sound of hoofbeats from a group of horses approaching was heard in the military camp.
Zhongshi learned that Zhao Guan's family was personally visiting the military camp, so he personally led his team out to greet the holy driver.
After Zhongshi paid homage to Zhao Guan's family, he was very curious about how the officials in the imperial city were passing a stiff bow to each other and pulling the bow to each other, but no one could draw the bow like a full moon.
"Officials, is this a test of the strength of your subordinates?"
Zhao Ji laughed heartily. He was too lazy to explain to the cultivators. He pointed at Zhang Jun, who was standing respectfully beside him, and said:
"Boying, tell Mr. Xiaozhong what happened."
"The humble minister Zhang Jun obeys the order."
Zhang Jun immediately told his immediate boss, Zhong Shizhong, what happened...
After Zhong Shizhong heard this, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at Yang Xinzhong who was standing aside.
He asked Zhang Jun: "Bo Ying, is this son the Yang Xinzhong whom you wrote in the military merit list, who killed more than a hundred enemies with continuous shooting and beheading in the Battle of Beicheng?"
Zhang Jun immediately replied: "Exactly."
This was the first time for the planting master to see Yang Xinzhong. He looked at Yang Xinzhong's young and immature face and asked:
"How old is this boy? He was recruited into Boying's department not long ago, right?"
Zhang Jun replied truthfully: "Yang Xinzhong is only nineteen years old this year. Three months ago, he came to join our army alone on a good horse, with weapons and bows and arrows!"
The seed master asked curiously: "This son has prepared his own war horses, weapons and bows and arrows to surrender to your troops?"
Zhang Jun cherished Yang Xinzhong as if he were seeing a treasure that fell from the sky. He said to the planting master:
"Isn't that true? Yang Xinzhong said that he has a rich family, but he has no intention of enjoying the glory and wealth. He only wants to make achievements on the battlefield. Apart from the armor that we in the Song Dynasty prohibit civilians from keeping privately, he does not have other items such as war horses, weapons and bows and arrows. He
I brought them all by myself.”
"He came to our department and asked to be a soldier. He said that he had been practicing horse riding and archery since he was a child. After my on-the-spot test, he was only nineteen years old. Many people in the army were not as good as him in horse riding, archery and martial arts.
Woolen cloth……"
Zhao Ji, who was standing by, naturally heard clearly the question and answer exchange between Master Zhong and Zhang Jun.
Now he just needs to verify the abilities and origins of the Yang Xinzhong in front of him, so that he can compete with the famous Song Dynasty general Yang Xinzhong in the history of the world before he traveled.
After all, Zhao Ji discovered that in this world, the time when Yang Xinzhong joined Zhang Jun's army seemed to be a little earlier than in history. Even the way he joined Zhang Jun's army was slightly different from that in history.
It's different, there is a slight deviation.
Zhao Ji can understand that this may be the butterfly effect caused by the arrival of himself as a time traveler!
…
At this time, Zhao Ji heard the sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance.
A group of Song Army generals, more than a hundred paces away from the rear guard of Zhao Guan's honor guard in front of the military camp of Zhongshi, reined in their horses. They sent out their own personal guards, and rode horses first to the rear of the imperial guard guard, one by one.
Announcement from the reporting officer.
"Report! Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were summoned to come..."
"Report! Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi have been summoned to come..."
"Report! Guo Cheng, Wang Zhen, have been summoned to come..."
After Zhao Ji received the notification of the arrival of the generals, he said: "Let the generals come to see me quickly without dismounting."
"According to the decree."
Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi, Guo Cheng, Wang Zhen and other generals rode their war horses to Zhao Guan's house.
They all dismounted and visited Zhao Guan's family...
Zhao Ji asked them to lie down and stand aside, waiting for Zongze, Yao Gu, Wu Jie, Wu Lin and other generals who had not yet arrived.
Later generals followed the order.
They were all surprised that many of the Imperial City's ministers and subordinates who were protecting Zhao Guan's family were passing each other around to try to pull a hard bow and arrow, but no one could pull the bow like a full moon.
Zhao Ji asked all the officials in the Imperial City Division:
"Have you ever tried to draw this bow?"
"We have tried to tell the officials, but they can't bend their bows like the full moon."
Zhao Ji looked at the person who was playing back. He was the most powerful official in the Imperial City Division. This person could pull a two-stone hard bow like a full moon, but he could only pull Yang Xinzhong's hard bow until it was "increasingly full".
"gibbous moon" shape.
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said: "So, do you believe that Yang Xinzhong's hard bow requires the power of three stones to be fully drawn?"
"this……"
Many imperial city ministers felt very humiliated. They never expected that Yang Xinzhong, who looked like an ordinary bow, could not bend a bow like this.
full moon.
"This only proves that it takes more than two stones to fully draw this bow."
"Haha!" Zhao Ji saw that the officials in the Imperial City Division were still talking harshly, but he did not care about them.
"Give this bow to Pengju for a try."
"I asked Peng Ju to try this bow to see if it has the power of three stones. You should believe it when you wait, right?"
Yue Fei, who stood up with a bow after dismounting, still didn't understand what was going on.
Zhao Guan's family asked him to serve as an official and handed Yang Xinzhong's hard bow into Yue Fei's hand.
Nineteen-year-old Yang Xinzhong's eyes also followed his stiff bow.
The tall and burly Yang Xinzhong looked at Yue Fei, the martial arts champion who had been in the limelight recently.
This was the first time he saw Yue Fei, and he saw that Yue Fei was more than half a head shorter than him.
However, although Yue Fei is not tall, he is very strong.
Yang Xin is also very curious in his heart, whether this Wu champion can draw this bow?
Yue Fei obeyed the order and took the bow according to the sacred wishes of Zhao Guan's family.
Yue Fei took a deep breath, his body sank slightly, and he took a lunge. He held the arm of the hard bow tightly with his left hand and pulled the bow string with his right hand.
All the soldiers present held their breaths and stared at Yue Fei, looking forward to whether the martial arts champion could fully draw the three-stone bow.
Yue Fei exerted force suddenly, and the bowstring made a "buzzing" sound, and the hard bow was instantly drawn into the shape of a full moon.
Everyone present was shocked again...
"Okay!" Zhao Ji cheered loudly, with a satisfied smile on his face.
He turned around and looked at the civil servants and generals present, and saw that they all looked shocked, and they all admired Yue Fei's natural power.
Yang Xinzhong was also shocked and his eyes widened. This was the first time that he saw someone other than him who could pull the three-stone bow into the shape of a full moon.
Yue Fei's right hand loosened the bowstring.
"Bang buzz buzz..."
He resumed his posture of holding the bow, with no trace of emotion on his face.
He bowed and began to play:
"Wei Chen Yue Fei reported to the officials, and Wei Chen verified that it does take three stones to fully draw this bow!"
When Yang Xinzhong heard this, his eyes showed admiration and gratitude.
Zhao Ji laughed and said: "Peng Ju, please return this bow to the Yang family's master!"
"The humble minister Yue Fei obeys the order."
The cultivators on the side praised: "Yue Pengju's natural supernatural power is truly worthy of his reputation! No wonder you can stand out in the martial arts examination and win the first prize in martial arts! Officials really have a keen eye to recognize heroes!"
Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, Guo Cheng and Wang Chen heard this and shouted together:
"The officials really have a keen eye for recognizing heroes!"
Zhao Ji smiled slightly, and finally his eyes fell on Yang Xinzhong:
"Master Yang, Yue Pengju has already tried this hard bow of yours. Now, it's your turn."
"The last general Yang Xinzhong obeys the order."
Yang Xinzhong stepped forward and took the hard bow from Yue Fei's hand.
Yue Fei looked at Yang Xinzhong, who was about the same age as him, with a look of expectation in his eyes.
…
The tender scene of Yue Fei and Yang Xinzhong exchanging bows was caught in Zhao Ji's eyes.
But he had a lot of emotions in his heart: If the normal development of history is followed, twenty years later, in the eleventh year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, that is, in 1141 AD, Yang Xinzhong received the most difficult decision in his life - to be imprisoned.
'Behead' Yue Fei!!
In the eleventh year of Shaoxing history, Song Gaozong Zhao Gou specially approved:
"Yue Fei specially granted death. Zhang Xian and Yue Yun also implemented it in accordance with the military law. They ordered Yang Yi to supervise the execution and sent many soldiers to protect him."
At that time, did Yang Xinzhong really want to be the supervisor?
Zhao Jineng deduced that Yang Xinzhong at that time definitely did not want to do this.
Because Yang Xinzhong is completely different from Qin Hui and others who really want to kill Yue Fei.
In more than a hundred battles with the Jin army, he was well aware of Yue Fei's important role in fighting against the Jin army.
To kill Yue Fei would be to cut off the arm of the Southern Song Dynasty!
However, the holy command cannot be violated!!!
Faced with the imperial edict of Emperor Zhao Gou, Yang Xinzhong did not dare not to listen, but had to listen. He finally chose to obey the edict...
Since then, Yang Xinzhong has been infamous for all eternity.
That day, Yue Fei, who was very ambitious,
Only thirty-nine years old,
He is a man of great potential,
With the grief and indignation of "Jingkang's shame has not yet been resolved; the hatred of the ministers, when will it be extinguished?"
He was killed in Dali Temple Prison, and the prison officer was Yang Yizhong.
Of course, Yang Yizhong was still Zhang Xian, Yue Yun's supervisor.
And because Yang Xinzhong completed this difficult imperial mission, he was promoted to a higher position and became famous for a while.
In the second year after Yue Fei was killed, that is, in the twelfth year of Shaoxing, Yang Xinzhong was named Yang Cunzhong by Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou.
In the same year, Song Huizong's coffin was to be buried in the Yonggu Mausoleum, and Gaozong Zhaogou ordered Yang Cunzhong to protect him. After the matter was completed, he paid homage to the young master and took charge of the army with [Bao, Fu], starting from Yang Cunzhong...
Zhao Ji thought about this and glanced at Yang Xinzhong and Yue Fei who had just grown up.
He knew that although Yang Xinzhong was notorious for his execution of generals such as Yue Fei in history, Yang Xinzhong was indeed a famous anti-golden general with real talent and knowledge who had repeatedly made military exploits.
Historically, Yang Xinzhong was recruited into the army during the Xuanhe period, approximately between 1119 and 1125 AD. The specific year cannot be verified.
According to historical records, in the first year of Jingkang, Yang Xinzhong followed Liang Yangzu, the prefect of Xinde, to raise troops to serve the king and was subordinate to Zhang Jun's tribe.
In the third year of Jianyan (1129 AD), Yang Xinzhong was promoted to commander after Zhang Junping, Miaofu and Liu Zhengyan rebelled.
In the fourth year of Jianyan's reign, the Jin army attacked Mingzhou. Yang Xinzhong followed Zhang Jun and led his troops to fight in Gaoqiao. He moved to the imperial court to control the former Chinese army and became Gaozong Zhaogou's confidant...
In the sixth year of Shaoxing (AD 1136), Yang Xinzhong led his troops to defeat the puppet Qi army in Ooutang and prevented the puppet Qi army from advancing southward. For his merits, he was awarded the title of Jiedu Envoy of the Bao Cheng Army, with Yu waiting in front of the palace and leading the horse and infantry.
handsome……
In the eleventh year of Shaoxing (AD 1141), Yang Xinzhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Qi joined forces in Zhegao (i.e. Chaohu) and defeated Wanyan Zongbi's army. He was added as a Shaobao inspector, and was appointed as the chief of the Kaifu Yitong Third Division and the head of the palace.
The former commander.
In the 20th year of Shaoxing (AD 1150), he was granted the title of Duke Gong.
In the 31st year of Shaoxing (AD 1161), Yang Xinzhong had already changed his name to Yang Cunzhong. He was criticized by Lu You and others. He dismissed the envoys in front of the palace and was granted the title of Taifu, Liquan Guanshi, and the title of Prince of Tong'an County.
In the first year of Longxing (1163 AD), Yang Cunzhong was appointed as the imperial envoy, responsible for the defense of the Jianghuai River...
In the first year of Qiandao (AD 1165), Yang Cunzhong took charge of the army, and the imperial court appointed him as the military envoy of Zhaoqing Army, and he was enshrined in the temple again. At that time, farming became popular, and Yang Cunzhong donated 39,000 acres of his private land in Chuzhou.
In the second year of Qian Dao's reign, Yang Cunzhong became an official as a grand master. He died of illness soon after at the age of sixty-five. He was posthumously named King He, with the posthumous title "Wu Gong".
At that time, Zhao Gou, who had long since ascended the throne and became the Supreme Emperor, remembered his old minister Yang Cunzhong, shed tears for him, and gave the Yang family 100,000 yuan.
Zhao Gou once said: "Yang Cunzhong only orders things from east to west, and his loyalty is unparalleled. He is my Guo Ziyi!"
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Before Zhao Ji traveled through time, he knew that Yang Cunzhong (formerly known as Yang Xinzhong), a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty, had advocated resistance to the Jin Dynasty throughout his life.
Historical records: Yang Cunzhong was agile and powerful, skilled in the art of war, and good at riding and shooting; he commanded the army in a broad and disciplined manner, and did not use his troops for personal purposes.
Since the end of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty, he has been recruited to fight against thieves...
From the second year of Shaoxing, Yang Xinzhong began to take charge of the Suwei soldiers.
Later, in the Battle of Lotang, Yang Xinzhong led his troops to defeat the puppet Qi and Liu Ni, and became famous in the north.
In the Battle of Zhegao, Yang Xinzhong personally led his elite soldiers (death squads) to chop off the legs of enemy horses with long axes, defeating the "kidnapping horses" of the Jin Army...
When Emperor Wanyan Liang of the Jin Dynasty invaded the south, Yang Cunzhong opposed the peace negotiation and supervised the defense...
Yang Cunzhong experienced more than 200 battles and suffered more than 50 wounds in his life!
Zhao Ji lamented that in history, Yang Cunzhong (formerly known as Yang Xinzhong), his achievements far outweighed his faults. He was a loyal, filial, brave and famous general who fought against the Jin Dynasty. I must reuse him!
…
at this time,
Zhao Jiwang saw that the young and brave Yang Xinzhong had acted according to the imperial edict...
He held the bow arm with his left hand, and suddenly pulled the bow string with his right hand. The hard bow with the strength of three stones easily turned into a full moon shape in his hand.
"Wow……"
Many soldiers and generals present were shocked again.
They did not expect that Yang Xinzhong, a junior high school student who was only 19 years old, could actually draw the three-stone hard bow like Yue Fei, the champion of martial arts.
As Yang Xinzhong's immediate boss, Zhang Jun was not too shocked. He showed a proud smile.
Although he had seen Yang Xinzhong as strong as an ox, Yang Xinzhong's outstanding performance in front of Zhao Guan's family showed that he, Yang Xinzhong's boss, had done a good job.
Yue Fei took a deep breath. It was the first time in his life that he saw someone with the same strength as him.
He stared intently at Yang Xinzhong, who was about the same age as him, and engraved the name and appearance of this warrior in his heart.
Yang Xinzhong released the bowstring with his right hand.
"Bang, buzz, buzz..." the trembling sound of the bow string seemed to be the slap on the face of those Imperial City officials who did not believe that Yang Xinzhong could have such magical power before the beating.
Yang Xinzhong resumed his standing posture holding the bow. He took a step forward, bowed and began to play:
"If you don't know how to make a fool of yourself, please ask the officials for advice!"
Zhao Jidao: "I heard that the arrows shot by the powerful bow with the power of three stones are strong and domineering. They can drive into iron even at a distance of a hundred steps! Can the Yang family master demonstrate it?"
Yang Xinzhong said happily: "I am fortunate to be appreciated by the officials, and I am willing to demonstrate it on the spot."
Zhang Jun on the side saw that Yang Xinzhong, the recruit he had brought out, had been promoted so quickly due to his military merit during the Battle of Xia, and now he was appreciated by Zhao Guan's family. In order to give himself an extra path to rise to the top, he
Shortcut, he is particularly attentive.
He ordered his soldiers to bring the wooden archery target used by the army for archery practice, and also found a fine iron breastplate that had been seized from the enemy's corpse.
Zhang Jun hung the fine iron heart guard on the wooden archery target with his own hands.
He personally measured the distance a hundred steps away, and asked his soldiers to carry the wooden archery target with a fine iron breastplate hanging on it, and place it in the open space outside the camp a hundred steps away from Zhao Guan's home.
After Zhao Ji saw Zhang Jun's performance, he smiled and said nothing, and thought to himself: Among the four generals of ZTE, he is the one who can best understand the holy will, listen to the official's words the most, and is also willing to use practical actions to cater to the holy will. Zhang Jun is not the one who
Belongs to!
After all, in history, Zhang Jun, in order to cater to the holy will of Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, was the first to take the lead and take the initiative to petition those who were willing to relieve him of his military power.
…
At this time, everything was ready. In accordance with Zhao Guan's order, Yang Xinzhong bent his bow and arrows, and shot three arrows at the fine iron breastplate hanging on the wooden archery target a hundred steps away...
"clang!"
"clang!"
"clang!"
All three arrows hit, making deafening clanging sounds one after another.
"Good archery skills!"
Everyone present shouted in shock...
Following the order, Zhang Jun took his two soldiers and ran to the archery target more than a hundred paces away to check it out. Then he quickly ran back and started to say:
"In response to the official report, Zhang Jun, a low-ranking official, has personally inspected it. The three arrows fired by Yang Xinzhong from a hundred steps away all hit the target, carving more than three inches into the fine iron breastplate!"
"Wow!"
Zhao Ji said happily: "Great kindness!"
"I once read the poem "Song under the Sai" written by Lu Lun of the Tang Dynasty."
"The grass in the forest is frightened by the wind, and the general draws his bow at night."
"I usually look for white feathers, but they are missing among the stone edges."
"Whenever I read this poem in the past, I thought it was impossible that the arrow was 'lost in the stone'."
"However, when I look at the young man of the Yang family, he is as strong as an ox and is skilled in bow and arrow, and I know that the arrow is 'missed in the edge of the stone'. What does that mean?"
"I saw the great man of the Yang family, a hundred steps away, drawing his bow and setting an arrow, hitting three arrows in a row, carving into the iron! What a joy and congratulation!"
"The last general, Yang Xinzhong, thanks the officials for their praise!"
Yue Fei and other generals looked at Yang Xinzhong, who had just been praised by Zhao Guan's family. A trace of admiration and envy flashed in their eyes.
They all praised Yang Xinzhong...
At this time, young Yang Xinzhong felt very proud and a little elated.
After Zhao Ji saw the change in Yang Xinzhong's expression, he immediately decided to teach the young people a lesson to avoid arrogance and impetuosity!
He wanted outstanding young people like Yang Xinzhong to know that no matter how powerful cold weapons are used, with the development of the times, they will eventually be replaced by hot weapons with more lethality.
Zhao Ji shouted to the Imperial City Secretary and Congguan behind him: